diff --git a/backend/fluksio/flow/dashboards.py b/backend/fluksio/flow/dashboards.py
index ced1df8..ce0f034 100644
--- a/backend/fluksio/flow/dashboards.py
+++ b/backend/fluksio/flow/dashboards.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ WidgetType = Literal[
     "embed",
     # Input
     "button",
+    "buttons",
     "switch",
     "slider",
     "input",
@@ -79,7 +80,15 @@ WidgetType = Literal[
 #: Widgets whose only binding is the message they publish. A player is not one:
 #: it publishes transport commands *and* reads what is playing, so its reading
 #: is its binding and its ``target`` is checked separately.
-INPUT_WIDGETS = {"button", "switch", "slider", "input", "dropdown", "color"}
+INPUT_WIDGETS = {
+    "button",
+    "buttons",
+    "switch",
+    "slider",
+    "input",
+    "dropdown",
+    "color",
+}
 
 #: What a colour widget puts on the wire, by the format it was configured for.
 #: The default is what the Node-RED instance this ports already sends its
diff --git a/backend/tests/api/routes/test_panels.py b/backend/tests/api/routes/test_panels.py
index bc07d77..e4f29cd 100644
--- a/backend/tests/api/routes/test_panels.py
+++ b/backend/tests/api/routes/test_panels.py
@@ -255,6 +255,14 @@ PANEL_WIDGETS = [
     },
     {"id": "w_input", "type": "input", "config": {"target": "demo.input"}},
     {"id": "w_dropdown", "type": "dropdown", "config": {"target": "demo.dropdown"}},
+    {
+        "id": "w_buttons",
+        "type": "buttons",
+        "config": {
+            "target": "demo.buttons",
+            "buttons": [{"label": "One", "value": 1}],
+        },
+    },
     {
         "id": "w_query",
         "type": "chart",
@@ -313,6 +321,7 @@ def test_a_panel_speaks_only_its_own_widgets_messages(
         "demo.slider",
         "demo.input",
         "demo.dropdown",
+        "demo.buttons",
         "demo.query_request",
     ):
         assert (
diff --git a/frontend/src/client/schemas.gen.ts b/frontend/src/client/schemas.gen.ts
index 3bf8e38..ec3cbfa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/client/schemas.gen.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/client/schemas.gen.ts
@@ -3819,7 +3819,7 @@ export const WidgetDefSchema = {
         },
         type: {
             type: 'string',
-            enum: ['stat', 'gauge', 'chart', 'markdown', 'agenda', 'notification', 'bar', 'icon', 'forecast', 'clock', 'media', 'player', 'embed', 'button', 'switch', 'slider', 'input', 'dropdown', 'color'],
+            enum: ['stat', 'gauge', 'chart', 'markdown', 'agenda', 'notification', 'bar', 'icon', 'forecast', 'clock', 'media', 'player', 'embed', 'button', 'buttons', 'switch', 'slider', 'input', 'dropdown', 'color'],
             title: 'Type'
         },
         title: {
@@ -3894,7 +3894,7 @@ export const WidgetFootprintSchema = {
         },
         type: {
             type: 'string',
-            enum: ['stat', 'gauge', 'chart', 'markdown', 'agenda', 'notification', 'bar', 'icon', 'forecast', 'clock', 'media', 'player', 'embed', 'button', 'switch', 'slider', 'input', 'dropdown', 'color'],
+            enum: ['stat', 'gauge', 'chart', 'markdown', 'agenda', 'notification', 'bar', 'icon', 'forecast', 'clock', 'media', 'player', 'embed', 'button', 'buttons', 'switch', 'slider', 'input', 'dropdown', 'color'],
             title: 'Type'
         }
     },
diff --git a/frontend/src/client/types.gen.ts b/frontend/src/client/types.gen.ts
index 0776ba7..4095aee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/client/types.gen.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/client/types.gen.ts
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ export type WebPushKey = {
  */
 export type WidgetDef = {
     id: string;
-    type: 'stat' | 'gauge' | 'chart' | 'markdown' | 'agenda' | 'notification' | 'bar' | 'icon' | 'forecast' | 'clock' | 'media' | 'player' | 'embed' | 'button' | 'switch' | 'slider' | 'input' | 'dropdown' | 'color';
+    type: 'stat' | 'gauge' | 'chart' | 'markdown' | 'agenda' | 'notification' | 'bar' | 'icon' | 'forecast' | 'clock' | 'media' | 'player' | 'embed' | 'button' | 'buttons' | 'switch' | 'slider' | 'input' | 'dropdown' | 'color';
     title?: string;
     layout?: {
         [key: string]: Placement;
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ export type WidgetDef = {
     };
 };
 
-export type type = 'stat' | 'gauge' | 'chart' | 'markdown' | 'agenda' | 'notification' | 'bar' | 'icon' | 'forecast' | 'clock' | 'media' | 'player' | 'embed' | 'button' | 'switch' | 'slider' | 'input' | 'dropdown' | 'color';
+export type type = 'stat' | 'gauge' | 'chart' | 'markdown' | 'agenda' | 'notification' | 'bar' | 'icon' | 'forecast' | 'clock' | 'media' | 'player' | 'embed' | 'button' | 'buttons' | 'switch' | 'slider' | 'input' | 'dropdown' | 'color';
 
 /**
  * A widget reduced to the shape it draws: what it is, and where it sits.
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ export type WidgetFootprint = {
     y?: number;
     w?: number;
     h?: number;
-    type: 'stat' | 'gauge' | 'chart' | 'markdown' | 'agenda' | 'notification' | 'bar' | 'icon' | 'forecast' | 'clock' | 'media' | 'player' | 'embed' | 'button' | 'switch' | 'slider' | 'input' | 'dropdown' | 'color';
+    type: 'stat' | 'gauge' | 'chart' | 'markdown' | 'agenda' | 'notification' | 'bar' | 'icon' | 'forecast' | 'clock' | 'media' | 'player' | 'embed' | 'button' | 'buttons' | 'switch' | 'slider' | 'input' | 'dropdown' | 'color';
 };
 
 export type WorkerInfo = {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/dashboard.css b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/dashboard.css
index af4229d..e4496d0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/dashboard.css
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/dashboard.css
@@ -101,3 +101,21 @@
   border-right-color: var(--muted-foreground);
   border-bottom-color: var(--muted-foreground);
 }
+
+/*
+ * A grid of presses, inside one tile.
+ *
+ * Auto-fit rather than a configured column count: the tile is resized in the
+ * editor and scaled again to whatever panel it hangs on, so the number of
+ * columns that fits is not something the document can know. `1fr` rows so the
+ * presses share the tile's height however many rows they wrap into — a target
+ * on a wall panel is pressed without looking at it.
+ */
+.widget-buttons {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(5.5rem, 1fr));
+  grid-auto-rows: 1fr;
+  height: 100%;
+  min-height: 0;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/panels.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/panels.tsx
index a95dab1..2200526 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/panels.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/panels.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ import {
   settingOf,
   THEME_CHOICES,
 } from "./settings"
-import { type BarRow, MAX_ROWS, rowsOf, showTitle } from "./ui/core/config"
+import {
+  type BarRow,
+  type ButtonEntry,
+  MAX_ROWS,
+  rowsOf,
+  showTitle,
+} from "./ui/core/config"
 import { parsePalette, roleLabel } from "./ui/core/theme"
 import {
   acceptsDtype,
@@ -482,6 +488,12 @@ export function WidgetPanel({
   // Nothing wrote these until now, so a dropdown's choices were uneditable.
   const options = (cfg.options ?? []) as { label?: string; value?: unknown }[]
   const setOptions = (next: typeof options) => set({ options: next })
+  // A grid's presses, read raw rather than through `buttonsOf`: that drops the
+  // blanks, and a row being typed into is blank until the first keystroke. An
+  // empty row stands in for none, so a fresh grid offers the fields.
+  const written = (cfg.buttons ?? []) as ButtonEntry[]
+  const buttons: ButtonEntry[] = written.length ? written : [{}]
+  const setButtons = (next: ButtonEntry[]) => set({ buttons: next })
   const querying = cfg.source === "query"
   const pinnedRuns = cfg.source === "runs"
   // What this chart would refresh at with nothing configured. The viewer can
@@ -1054,6 +1066,76 @@ export function WidgetPanel({
           </div>
         ) : null}
 
+        {widget.type === "buttons" ? (
+          <div className="grid gap-2">
+            <span className={PANEL_SECTION}>Buttons</span>
+            <InfoTip label="Buttons">
+              One press per row, all publishing to the message above. The grid
+              fits as many columns as the tile is wide; a row with no value
+              sends its own label.
+            </InfoTip>
+            {buttons.map((button, index) => (
+              <div
+                // Position is the only identity a press has.
+                key={`press-${index}`}
+                className="flex items-end gap-1.5"
+              >
+                <Input
+                  className="min-w-0 flex-1"
+                  value={str(button.label)}
+                  placeholder="Label"
+                  aria-label="Button label"
+                  onChange={(event) =>
+                    setButtons(
+                      buttons.map((other, at) =>
+                        at === index
+                          ? { ...other, label: event.target.value }
+                          : other,
+                      ),
+                    )
+                  }
+                />
+                <Input
+                  className="w-28"
+                  value={str(button.value)}
+                  placeholder="Value"
+                  aria-label="Button value"
+                  onChange={(event) =>
+                    setButtons(
+                      buttons.map((other, at) =>
+                        at === index
+                          ? { ...other, value: coerce(event.target.value) }
+                          : other,
+                      ),
+                    )
+                  }
+                />
+                <Button
+                  variant="ghost"
+                  size="icon-sm"
+                  className="text-muted-foreground"
+                  aria-label="Remove button"
+                  onClick={() =>
+                    setButtons(buttons.filter((_, at) => at !== index))
+                  }
+                >
+                  <X />
+                </Button>
+              </div>
+            ))}
+            <Button
+              variant="outline"
+              size="sm"
+              className="h-8 justify-self-start"
+              onClick={() => setButtons([...buttons, {}])}
+              data-testid="add-button"
+            >
+              <Plus />
+              Add button
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        ) : null}
+
         {widget.type === "dropdown" ? (
           <div className="grid gap-2">
             <span className={PANEL_SECTION}>Options</span>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/ui/core/config.ts b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/ui/core/config.ts
index 202ec24..5d2197a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/ui/core/config.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/ui/core/config.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ export function asOriginal(
   return match ? match.value : selected
 }
 
+/** One press a button grid draws, as the document stores it. */
+export type ButtonEntry = { label?: string; value?: unknown }
+
+/** The presses a grid draws. A row with neither half is not one. */
+export const buttonsOf = (widget: WidgetDef): ButtonEntry[] =>
+  ((config(widget).buttons ?? []) as ButtonEntry[]).filter(
+    (entry) => entry.label || entry.value !== undefined,
+  )
+
 /**
  * How many readings one bar draws, and a hard ceiling.
  *
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/widgets.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/widgets.tsx
index a87abcb..c588305 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/widgets.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/widgets.tsx
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ import { PlayerWidget } from "./PlayerWidget"
 import { usePublish } from "./publish"
 import { useUi } from "./ui"
 import { COLOR_DTYPES, colorFormatOf } from "./ui/core/color"
-import { config, num, rowsOf, text } from "./ui/core/config"
+import { buttonsOf, config, num, rowsOf, text } from "./ui/core/config"
 
 /** Widget types that put a value into the graph rather than read one. */
 export const INPUT_WIDGETS = new Set([
   "button",
+  "buttons",
   "switch",
   "slider",
   "input",
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ export const WIDGET_LABELS: Record<WidgetKind, string> = {
   player: "Player",
   embed: "Website",
   button: "Button",
+  buttons: "Buttons",
   switch: "Switch",
   slider: "Slider",
   input: "Input",
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ export const WIDGET_SIZES: Record<WidgetKind, { w: number; h: number }> = {
   player: { w: 4, h: 3 },
   embed: { w: 6, h: 4 },
   button: { w: 3, h: 2 },
+  buttons: { w: 4, h: 3 },
   switch: { w: 3, h: 2 },
   slider: { w: 4, h: 2 },
   input: { w: 4, h: 2 },
@@ -210,6 +213,11 @@ export function widgetIssue(widget: WidgetDef): string | null {
     return "This player does not publish to a message yet."
   }
 
+  // A grid with nothing in it publishes nothing, however well it is bound.
+  if (widget.type === "buttons" && !buttonsOf(widget).length) {
+    return "This grid has no buttons yet."
+  }
+
   const input = INPUT_WIDGETS.has(widget.type)
   const bound = text(cfg[input ? "target" : "message"])
   if (!bound) {
@@ -501,6 +509,42 @@ function ButtonWidget({ widget, dashboard }: WidgetProps) {
   )
 }
 
+/**
+ * Several stateless presses, one message.
+ *
+ * A grid rather than one tile per press: six presets are six tiles to place
+ * and six titles to read, and what they have in common — where they publish —
+ * is then repeated six times. Nothing is read back, exactly as for a single
+ * button: what these send is an instruction, and the last one sent is not a
+ * state anything can be drawn as.
+ */
+function ButtonsWidget({ widget, dashboard }: WidgetProps) {
+  const { Button } = useUi()
+  const { target, send, pending, locked, pulse } = usePublish(widget, dashboard)
+  const buttons = buttonsOf(widget)
+  if (!target) return <Unbound />
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {pulse}
+      <div className="widget-buttons">
+        {buttons.map((button, index) => (
+          <Button
+            // Two presses may share a label and a value; position is the
+            // identity, as it is for a chart's series and a bar's rows.
+            key={`button-${index}`}
+            variant="tonal"
+            disabled={pending || locked}
+            onClick={() => send(button.value ?? button.label ?? true)}
+          >
+            {text(button.label, text(button.value, "Send"))}
+          </Button>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
 /**
  * A bool, published and read back — a latch either way it is drawn.
  *
@@ -697,6 +741,7 @@ const RENDERERS: Partial<
   player: PlayerWidget,
   embed: EmbedWidget,
   button: ButtonWidget,
+  buttons: ButtonsWidget,
   switch: SwitchWidget,
   slider: SliderWidget,
   input: InputWidget,
diff --git a/frontend/tests/widgets.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/widgets.spec.ts
index e506ee5..cab717b 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/widgets.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/widgets.spec.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,20 @@ test.beforeAll(async ({ browser }) => {
         ],
       },
     },
+    {
+      id: "scenes",
+      type: "buttons",
+      title: "Scenes",
+      layout: { lg: { x: 9, y: 0, w: 3, h: 2 } },
+      config: {
+        target: w("mode"),
+        dtype: "str",
+        buttons: [
+          { label: "Night", value: "night" },
+          { label: "Away", value: "away" },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
     {
       id: "lamp",
       type: "switch",
@@ -488,6 +502,12 @@ test("a control reads back what it published", async ({ page }) => {
   await boost.click()
   await expect(boost).toHaveAttribute("aria-pressed", "true")
 
+  // A grid draws one press per entry and publishes the value of the one
+  // pressed — nothing is read back, so the segmented control beside it, bound
+  // to the same message, is what says the publish landed.
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Night" }).click()
+  await expect(boost).toHaveAttribute("aria-pressed", "false")
+
   // The latching button names its state; two presses are a round trip.
   const lamp = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Lamp" })
   await expect(lamp).toHaveText("Off")